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 [older instructions](https://student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs350/common/Install161.html) to build, run, debug and test in University of Waterloo's linux student environment.
 
 ## Windows Option A
-This is an emulated environment and allows for bash like commands, but you are running windows underneath.
+This is an emulated environment and allows for bash like commands, but you are running windows underneath. You will need to use
+Git Bash for all commands stated in this README and to run any of the provided scripts.
 * Install [Git for Windows](https://gitforwindows.org/)
 * Install [docker](https://docs.docker.com/desktop/windows/install) for Windows.